Voters MIA in San Bernardino: Opinion

Editorial board member Jessica Keating spent several hours this afternoon desperately searching for San Bernardino voters to talk to on this historic day where three city officials face recall and four other offices are up for election. What she found was, for the most part, crickets.

At one polling place, for example, the rush of the day was 12 people per hour. Others were bare, but poll workers were hoping for a surge after the workday.

Was it the wind? One poll supervisor in 6th Ward who has worked a lot of elections said that weather can make or break turnout.

A few brave souls did make it to the polls, however, including Annette Brewer who said: “San Bernardino needs a change.”